A bill to prevent AI from launching nuclear weapons is submitted in the United States



Among those who have seen the movie '

Terminator ' series, there are many people who have been impressed by the depiction of the nuclear war that occurred when Skynet, an AI, rebelled and used nuclear weapons. To avoid such a future, a bipartisan group of US lawmakers has begun discussing a bill to ban AI from using nuclear weapons.

Bipartisan US Bill Aims to Prevent AI From Launching Nuclear Weapons
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In the 2022 Nuclear Posture Review, the Department of Defense said, 'Members of the critical group on all actions critical to informing and implementing the President's decision to initiate and terminate the use of nuclear weapons will continue to be human-powered.' We have launched a policy of

On April 26, 2023, U.S. Senator Ed Markey passed the ``Block Nuclear Launch by Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Act,'' a bill that codifies the Pentagon's guidelines. announced that it had co-presented it with Congressmen Ted Liu, Don Beyer and Ken Buck.



“In our increasingly digital age, we need humans, not robots, to have the power to command, control and launch nuclear weapons alone,” Markey said in a statement . 'I am proud to have introduced this bill to Congress. Humans must always be involved in making life-or-death decisions about the use of force with the most dangerous weapons, such as nuclear weapons.' I'm here.

Liu also posted on Twitter, ``AI is wonderful, it makes our lives better, but it can also kill us. That is why we have introduced a bipartisan bill that requires a human to launch any nuclear weapon.'



Already, the use of nuclear weapons by AI is becoming a real threat beyond science fiction scenarios. According to the 2023 AI Index Report released by Stanford University's Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, 36% of surveyed AI experts said that automated systems would be a nuclear catastrophe. There is a possibility that it may cause

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A report released in February 2023 by the advocacy group Arms Control Association also stated that “AI and other emerging technologies, including lethal autonomous weapon systems and hypersonic missiles, will It poses an existential threat to humankind, and measures are needed to slow the pace of its diversion into weapons.'

In a statement , Mr. Buck said, ``The use of AI by the US military may be appropriate for national security purposes, but it would be reckless to use AI to control nuclear weapons that are not in the human chain of command. It's dangerous and should be banned.'

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